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Feature Film - 101mn
B&W
Indonesian with English subtitles
Screenplay Asrul Sani
CinematographyMax Tera
MusicG.R.W. Sinsu
CastA. N. Alcaff, Netty Herawati
Format35mm – Mono
GenreDrama
First Release1954
Restored Version2012
AwardsIndonesian Film Festival 1955, Best Picture, Best Screenwriter, Best leader Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Artistic Direction
ProductionPerfini Production
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SynopsisShortly after the Dutch recognise Indonesia’s independence in 1949, the military in Bandung, West Java, establishes a curfew. Iskandar (A.N. Alcaff) has been released from the Indonesian Armed Forces and is almost shot when he arrives in Bandung. He stays at the home of his fiancée Norma (Netty Herawati) and her family. The following day, Norma’s father sets Iskandar up with a job at the governor’s office while Norma and her brother go shopping for a welcome-home party. The job goes poorly, and Iskandar is quickly fired.
AboutLewat Djam Malam was first screened domestically in 1954. Lewat Djam Malam is generally considered a classic of Indonesian cinema. Film historian JB Kristanto writes that Lewat Djam Malam was Ismail’s work which most showed Indonesian history; he considers Ismail the first Indonesian director to use film as a means of expression and not simply as a way to make money, and opines that no film in Indonesian history could match Ismail’s achievements with Lewat Djam Malam. Karl G. Heider, writing in 1991, noted that the film was a strong example of early Indonesian films with an emphasis on individualism.
Selective filmography of Usmar Ismail (1921 – 1971)
1950 – Darah dan Doa
1951 – Enam Djam di Jogja
1953 – Krisis
1954 – Lewat Djam Malam
1955 – Tamu Agung
1956 – Tiga Dara
1960 – Pedjuang
With the courtesy ofSingapore Cinematheque
and World Cinema Foundation
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